CM Punk “confident” his next fight will be in the UFC

CM Punk, one of the greatest ever WWE Superstars has signalled his intent going forward as a mixed martial artist and believes he could be back in a UFC cage as early as January or February next year.

Many speculated Punk’s UFC days were over after Mickey Gall beat him in impressive style back at UFC 203 in September, choking him out in just 45 seconds in the first round.

However, the Chicago native says he’s confident he’ll get another chance to fight in the UFC again, telling Ariel Helwani of The MMA Hour:

“Until anything is official, I don’t want to say either way what [UFC president Dana White) is thinking. But yeah, I’m pretty confident that it’ll be in the UFC.”

That goes against what White said straight after Punk’s defeat to Gall, telling the media the former pro-wrestler would “probably” not compete in the UFC again. It seems like he has re-considered.

“I told him I want to fight again,” Punk said. “We’re back at it. We’re back to the drawing board. So, it’s up to him. He floated me an idea and we’re kind of going back and forth on it right now.”

Normally, it would be pretty difficult for a fighter with a record of 0-1 to find an opponent, but due to Punk’s WWE success and the fact he scored a reported $500,000 for 45 seconds of work, I’m sure they’ll be a lot of fighters looking to cash in on the CM Punk show.